Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P; ) is a Canadian registered charitable organization dedicated to the personal safety of all children. More specifically, its goal is to reduce the victimization (sexual abuse and exploitation) of children by providing programs and services to the Canadian public.
The organization is supported by the Government of Canada, along with the provincial/territorial governments of Manitoba, New Brunswick, and the Yukon.
C3P offers various prevention and intervention services to the Canadian public; one of its core services is Cybertip.ca, Canada's official tip-line for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children.
History
In April 1985, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection was founded as Child Find Manitoba by Wilma Derksen, the mother of 13-year-old Candace Derksen, who was abducted and murdered on 30 November 1984.
On 26 September 2002, the Cybertip.ca began operation as a two-year pilot project. In May 2004, it was recognized as a national hotline by the Canadian Government, and was officially launched in January 2005.
Also in 2004, C3P launched Kids in the Know, a national, interactive safety education program.
In May 2006, the organization was renamed the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. In May 2011, C3P launched MissingKids.ca.
Projects
Cybertip.ca
Cybertip.ca () is Canada's official tip-line for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children. It is owned and operated by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, in partnership with local law enforcement agencies and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, whose National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre coordinates and supports national investigations into child sexual exploitation.
Initiated on 26 September 2002 as a two-year pilot project, the Government of Canada recognized and announced Cybertip.ca in May 2004 as the national tip-line for the Canadian public reporting of online child sexual exploitation. The site had its full launch in January 2005, and has since received over 40,000 suspected cases from the Canadian public.
Cybertip.ca accepts and addresses online and telephone reports from the public regarding child pornography (child abuse images and material), online luring, children exploited through prostitution, travelling to sexually-exploited children, and child trafficking. Staff examine reports from the public and forward those that are deemed potentially illegal to law enforcement in the appropriate jurisdiction. Although the majority of Cybertip.ca's reports are provided online, the public is also able to contact the tipline by phone.
As the central clearinghouse for online child exploitation, Cybertip.ca maintains a regularly updated list of specific foreign-hosted Internet addresses (URLs) associated with images of child sexual abuse, and provide that list in a secure manner to participating internet service providers (ISPs).
Launched in January 2007, Project Cleanfeed Canada is designed to reduce accidental access to child sexual abuse images, as well as create a disincentive for those trying to access or distribute child pornography. Participating ISPs include Bell Canada, Telus, Shaw, Rogers Communications, Vidéotron, Bell Aliant, and SaskTel.
Reports
, over 10,000 reports are processed by Cybertip.ca each month.
Reports to Cybertip.ca are submitted by the public under one of eight reporting categories:
Agreement or arrangement with another person to commit a sexual offence against a child — 0.40% Child pornography (Child sexual abuse material) — 95.95% Child prostitution — 0.38% Child sex-tourism — 0.22% Child trafficking — 0.14% Luring — 1.98% Making sexually explicit material available to a child — 0.31% Non-consensual distribution of intimate images — 0.64%
In 2018-2019, Cybertip.ca processed 1,474,075 reports, marking a 945% increase from 2017-18. Of the reports processed, 98% were attributed to Project Arachnid; Of the child sexual exploitation reports processed, 99% were forwarded to law enforcement agencies, child welfare agencies, and/or INHOPE member hotlines, or a notice was sent to an electronic service provider; nearly 1.2 million notices were issued to electronic service providers in relation to child sexual abuse material detected on their service.